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COMMUTE: Sounder Train

Just crazy, is how a Sounder Train official described the 7:48 a.m. train arriving at King Street Station. Unconfirmed, 2,183 were aboard the standing-room only train, compared with the average 900 passengers.

But despite the crowds, folks getting off were cheerful mellow and calm, said Claudia Rowe, staff writer who chatted with Peggy Banks as she got off the train.

Banks, a temp at Washington Mutual, usually takes the bus from Federal Way but changed due to the construction. “I’m not a very patient person.”

Getting on at Auburn, she was pleasantly surprised, she said; people were pleasant and she was able to get a seat. “I’ll definitely be doing it the whole time.”

The main issue seemed to be parking – the smart Sounder regulars have their little, secret parking spots on side streets, not in the main lots, which filled up early.

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